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and of course the Wonder Stuff's Miles Hunt, who liked Ryan's so much that
he's pitched a tent in the back garden.
Oh, and we shouldn't forget Errol at his Church Street flower shop, who started his career
as a rock promoter with a 'Poetry and Avant Garde Music' event in the back garden of the
'Flowers' shop (ideas above his station, you see) and managed to raise £700 for cancer
research.
Well, now the Fringe is well and truly on the musical map and we can expect even bigger
acts next year, but watch this space for special gigs in the meantime, especially now that
Errol - N16's own Harvey Goldsmith - has got the taste for it.'
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(Mathew modestly neglects to mention his own gig at Ryan's
on the Friday night with the Soulwinners Collective, which was one of the highlights of
the Fringe.)
Josh, manager of the excellent Krystal's on the High Street, adds:
'Krystal's very own Diva of Dalston kicked off the N16 Fringe Festival weekend at
Krystal's with her brilliant one (wo)man show, Absolut Woman. In between belting out the
hits, she managed to persuade the up-for-it crowd to compete in wheelbarrow races to win
one of her coveted Absolut Woman T-Shirts, or maybe the free Absolut was more of a draw?
Who knows?
Saturday night, and local girl Lorraine Bowen had Krystal's packed to the rafters for her
zany humour, mad-cap antics, and witty songs. The audience sang along heartily to her
hits, like Spinach and Crumble, and she well deserved her four curtain calls and three
encores.
Jazz made a welcome return to the Sunday afternoon slot to round off the weekend, and Kay
Laine, 'the voice of a generation' was in fine form. Her first set was made up of classic
jazz standards, and the audience enjoyed her relaxed and comfortable performance. As a
reward, she treated us to an unplanned second set of disco and rock which got the crowd
really going, and they danced like crazy.'
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The N16 Fringe would like to thank our sponsors again for all their
support. They know who they are but in case they've forgotten: Auld Shillelagh, Barracuda,
Anne Beech, Booth's, Clicia, Clissold Wines, Flowers N16, John's Garden Centre, Krystal's,
Londesborough, Metal Crumble, Michael Naik, Prince, Firefly Rhum Shack, Ryan's, Stoke Tup,
Sunstone, Yum Yum, White Hart.
On the perfectly reasonable grounds that we'd like to congratulate ourselves, the
fiveperson organising committee were: Debbie Butler, classical cellist (and performer),
organiser at the Union Chapel and manager of Route 73 on Church Street; David Knight,
local entrepreneur and Auld Shillelagh Svengali; Rab MacWilliam, publisher of this
magazine and sports book writer; Mathew Priest, music impressario and drummer with Dodgy;
and Mike Roberts, website design supremo and owner of NI6 6 Webworks. And thanks to
everyone else who helped out.
Photographs of some of the various bands and happenings over the weekend are on pages 20 to 21.
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